GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| document | proof |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| outlook | a place offering a view |